1016 PSALM XCIX-THE PROPHETS ADDRESS GOD 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Psalm 99 1 The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion, 5 exhorteth all, by the example of their forefathers, to wor ship God at his holy hill. people. HE LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. Psalm 100 1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully, 3 for his greatness, 4 and for his power. A Psalm of praise. AKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. presence 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Job's Lamentation BY MARTEN VAN HEEMSKERK OR VAN VEEN, A NOTED + "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle.”—Job, 1, 20. E OVEN in face of that last, most awful sorrow, Job did not fail the Lord. Perhaps a merciful stupor dulled him somewhat to the sharpness of his agony. His wealth was gone, most of his servants slain, his beloved children perished every one, yet Job turned to God with submissive reverence. His natural sorrow found expression. He "rent his mantle, and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground." Yet he "worshipped." There are few more sublime heights of noble faith than that which Job reached in the words with which he measured his calamity: "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." With this widely and justly celebrated profession of submission to the Creator, Job foiled the evil purposes of Satan. "So, in all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly." |